The author traces the history of removing Native American children from their homes to residential schools as part of government policies, 1880s-1980s, which he views as genocidal. He includes photos of victims of "residential school syndrome," and a list of these schools in the US and Canada.

Introduction "That Little Matter of Genocide Revisited: Contours of a Hidden Holocaust in Native North America" / Ward Churchill -- Genocide by Any Other Name: American Indian Residential Schools in Context -- Form and Scope of the Crime -- Genocide in North America -- "To Kill the Indian..." -- Forcing the Transfer of Children -- Destroying the National Pattern of the Oppressed Group -- Imposing the National Pattern of the Oppressor -- The "Slow Death Measure" of Starvation -- "Indirect Killing" by Disease -- The "Slow Death Measure" of Forced Labor -- Torture -- Predation -- Worlds of Pain -- Putting Shape to the Future.